All that it takes is a little bit of leftover pie dough and some cookies cutters.

Unroll top crust, and if necessary, roll to an even thickness. Add details to the leaves with a sharp knife. Pierce air holes in the dough to help during baking.

An adorable flaky turkey sits on top of pumpkin pie from kudos kitchen by renee.

Place cutouts on top of pie filling in a matrix pattern, spacing slightly apart, in lines across the pie. Crimp the edges as desired. Some cutters are designed ergonomically for people who have arthritic hands, also.

Press lightly to secure shapes to the edge and one another.

Dip your pie stamps or cookie cutters into some extra flour, then begin stamping out shapes. And a whole lot of patience! Cover up the crack in your pumpkin pie (my personal favorite) make the edges more decorative (i.e.

30 ml (1 tablespoon) cinnamon sugar more or less depending on amount of dough

For these fun crust designs, you’ll find a few tools very handy: For our second pie, we made a double crust design apple pie. Use your favorite or seasonal cookie cutters to cut out shapes in the pie crust and place each pie crust cookie shape on the greased cookie sheet.

Brush the leaves with an egg wash made from 1 beaten egg.

The result is quite impressive! To layer onto the pie, brush the bottom of each shape with water and arrange over the top of the pie. Chill the dough for 30 minutes, if it gets too hard to work with.